The Sun and the Moon: Art Inspired by the Celestial | teamLab

Name: The Sun and the Moon: Art Inspired by the Celestial
Start: 2026-06-05
End: 2026-09-08
Location: Saatchi Gallery

The Sun and the Moon: Art Inspired by the Celestial

2026.6.05(Fri) - 9.08(Tue)Saatchi Gallery, London

Group Exhibition

The Sun and the Moon: Art Inspired by the Celestial

2026.6.05(Fri) - 9.08(Tue)Saatchi Gallery, London

Group Exhibition

The Sun and the Moon: Art Inspired by the Celestial

We are honored to be part of this group exhibition at Saatchi Gallery in London.
For teamLab, the exhibition held at this gallery in 2015 holds profound significance. The exhibition, featuring artworks such as Flutter of Butterflies Beyond Borders , became the origin that led to teamLab Borderless.
This time we will exhibit artworks from our “Cognitive Sculpture” series, which appear only in the human world of perception.The materials are light and the environment; and the subject of its creation is the viewer's own body and perception.
The spheres cannot exist on their own - its existence is a phenomenon created in relation to its environment. The phenomenon created by the environment is shaped for the first time by the dynamic body and perception of the viewer, becoming a sculpture in their cognitive world.
The boundaries of the artwork are ambiguous, and its existence is inseparably continuous with the environment and perception.

- Toshiyuki Inoko, Founder of teamLab

작품

Massless Suns and Dark Suns

무수한 빛의 구체들과 어둠의 구체들.
하나하나의 빛의 구체는 빛이 응고된 것처럼 공간상에서 뚜렷하게 지각할 수 있지만 물질적인 경계면이 없기에 신체는 이를 지각할 수 없다.
구체와 신체의 경계를 인식하는 것은 어렵고 애매모호하다.
가만히 보고 있으면 어둠이 응고된 듯한 청자색의 어둠의 구체도 나타나기 시작한다.

사람들이 빛의 구체를 만지려 하면 구체는 밝게 빛나고 주변의 구체도 차례로 공명하며 빛이 퍼져나간다.

작품은 그 자체로는 존재할 수 없으며 환경이 만들어내는 현상이 작품이 된다. 그리고 작품은 물리 공간에는 존재하지 않고 인식상에 존재한다.
존재란 무엇인가.

Massless Sun and Surface of the Sky

We do not perceive the world we see, we see the world we perceive.
A sphere of light, there is no material, such as glass, on the surface of this sphere; the sphere is made only of light. There is no material surface boundary, and the perception of the boundary with your body is ambiguous. Likewise, there is no material surface boundary in the window opening.  In reality, light cannot solidify into a spherical mass in the universe. Therefore, this sphere does not physically exist.
This is a Cognitive Sculpture that appears only in the human world of perception. The materials are light and the environment. And the subject of its creation is the viewer's own body and perception.The sphere cannot exist on its own - its existence is a phenomenon created in relation to its environment. The phenomenon created by the environment is shaped for the first time by the dynamic body and perception of the viewer, becoming a sculpture in their cognitive world.
The artwork explores the possibility of a new form of existence distinct from material existences, and questions the very nature of existence.

teamLab에 대해

아트 컬렉티브 teamLab은 2001년 활동을 시작했다. 국경을 넘어선 연대 속에 집단 창작의 방식으로 예술, 과학, 테크놀로지 그리고 자연계의 교차점을 학제적 접근으로 모색한다. 아티스트, 프로그래머, 엔지니어, CG 애니메이터, 수학자, 건축가 등 다양한 분야의 전문가들로 구성된 teamLab은 예술을 통해 인간과 자연, 개인과 세계의 새로운 관계를 탐구하고 표현한다.
 
teamLab은 우리에게 익숙한 모든 경계에 대해 질문한다. 인간은 각자를 둘러싼 바깥 세상을 감각 기관으로 인지해 스스로와 분리하고 낱낱을 경계지어 독립체로 구분하려 한다. 현대 문명은 그런 방식으로 세계를 이해해 왔다. teamLab은 예술을 통해 감각을 확장하고 개인과 세계의 경계, 시간의 연속성에 대한 인지의 경계를 넘어설 수 있다고 믿는다. 이 세계의 모든 것은 광대한 시간 속에, 생명의 끝없는 연속 안에 가까스로, 하지만 기적적으로 존재하고 있다.

teamLab의 작품은 시드니 뉴사우스웨일스 주립 미술관, 애들레이드 사우스오스트레일리아 미술관, 샌프란시스코 아시아 미술관, 뉴욕 아시아 소사이어티, 이스탄불 보루산 현대 미술관, 멜버른 빅토리아 국립 미술관, 헬싱키 아모렉스가 영구 소장하고 있다.

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Biographical Documents

teamLab is represented by Pace Gallery, Martin Browne Contemporary and Ikkan Art.

About the Exhibition

This exhibition explores how the two most powerful and enduring phenomena in the sky have inspired creativity, curiosity and belief throughout human history and across different cultures.
Occupying two floors of the Gallery and spanning nine major exhibition spaces, the show presents artworks, installations, and objects that reveal how artists have responded to the Sun and the Moon.

The exhibition unfolds as a journey through a complete 24-hour cycle, moving from dawn through daylight and then into the depths of the night.
The exhibition begins with a prologue featuring works by artists including Barbara Hepworth, and continues through Setting Sun, where works by artists such as Peter Doig are presented. Evening features works by artists including Dora Maar, and Midnight, showcasing works by artists such as Joan Miró and Paula Rego. teamLab will exhibit Massless Suns and Dark Suns and Massless Sun and Surface of the Sky in the Darkest Hours, the final chapter of the exhibition.

Featured Artists:
Joan Miró, Peter Doig, Paula Rego, Barbara Hepworth, Dora Maar, Joseph Wright of Derby, Paul Nash, Patrick Caulfield, Otto Piene, Nancy Holt, Jim Lambie, Christopher Le Brun